This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text.
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Do not follow the path of the wicked, do not walk the way that the evil go. 15Avoid it, do not take it, turn your back on it, pass it by. 16For they cannot sleep unless they have first done wrong, they miss their sleep if they have not made someone stumble; 17for the bread of wickedness is what they eat, and the wine of violence is what they drink.
18The path of the upright is like the light of dawn, its brightness growing to the fullness of day; 19the way of the wicked is as dark as night, they cannot tell the obstacles they stumble over.
20My child, pay attention to what I am telling you, listen carefully to my words; 21do not let them out of your sight, keep them deep in your heart. 22For they are life to those who find them and health to all humanity. 23More than all else, keep watch over your heart, since here are the wellsprings of life.
24Turn your back on the mouth that misleads, keep your distance from lips that deceive.
25Let your eyes be fixed ahead, your gaze be straight before you. 26Let the path you tread be level and all your ways be firm.27Turn neither to right nor to left, keep your foot clear of evil.
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avoid = פָּרַע = pāra Blue Letter Bible to let go, let loose, ignore, let alone; avoid, neglect; be loosened of restraint; overlook/reject counsel; unbridled; lawless; cause to refrain; dismiss; refuse
turn = שָׂטָה = śāṭâ Blue Letter Bible turn aside, go aside, turn, decline
wicked = רֶשַׁע = rešaʿ Blue Letter Bible wrong, wickedness, guilt; violence and crime against civil law; iniquity; fraud, falsehood
violence = חָמָס = chamac. Blue Letter Bible violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice; unjust gain; damage; unrighteous; false witness
path = אֹרַח = 'ōraḥ Blue Letter Bible way, path; road; way of living; a well-trodden road; by-, high-) way; course of living and acting; way of living; mode of living, or of character
upright = צַדִּיק = ṣadîq Blue Letter Bible lawful, righteous; righteous (in government); righteous (in conduct and character); righteous (as justified and vindicated by God); honest, virtuous, pious
light = אוֹר = 'owr Blue Letter Bible light of day; light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars); day-break, dawn, morning light; luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun
dawn = נֹגַהּ = nōḡah Blue Letter Bible brightness; brilliancy (literally or figuratively); shining; shining splendor
brightness = אוֹר = 'ôr Blue Letter Bible to illumine, light up, cause to shine, shine; be or become light, shine; be illuminated; become lighted up
growing = הָלַךְ = halak Blue Letter Bible to go; proceed, move; enter; follow; go along; proceed; to go with, have intercourse with; to go after; pursue; live, manner of life; go on, go forward; traverse; march; flow, be poured out
fullness = כּוּן = kûn Blue Letter Bible to be firm, be stable, be established; to be fixed, be securely determined; to prepare, be ready; to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up; make provision; to direct; be right, fit, sincere, firm, constant; sure; established, confirmed; enduring; direct one’s face toward; arrange, order
day = יוֹם = yôm Blue Letter Bible day, time, year; a working day, a day's journey; the heat of the day; day time, daily; perpetually; lifetime; daily duties, observances, etc.
child = בֵּן = bēn Blue Letter Bible son, grandson, child, member of a group; male child; young men; children (pl. - male and female); foster son; disciple; one related to a time, place, emotion, condition, status; term of kindliness or endearment; expression of intimate and gracious relation
pay attention = קָשַׁב = qashab Blue Letter Bible to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen; give attention; to prick up the ears; regard
telling you = דָּבָר = dāḇār Blue Letter Bible speech, word, speaking, thing; saying, utterance, discourse; confer; advice, counsel; message, report, tidings; tidings; thought; promise; precept, edict; business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
listen carefully = אֹזֶן = 'ōzen Blue Letter Bible ear, as organ of hearing; to uncover the ear to reveal; open ears of, reveal to; to place in anyone’s ear; to hear with anyone’s ears
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נָטָה = natah Blue Letter Bible to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow; to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down; hold out; incline, influence; outstretched; wrest, cause to yield; spread oneself; seduce
words = אֵמֶר = 'ēmer Blue Letter Bible utterance, speech, word, saying, promise; command, mandate; something said; appointed unto him; saying, speech, word
sight = עַיִן = ʿayin Blue Letter Bible eye; before my eyes; set one eyes on; spring, fountain
keep = שָׁמַר = šāmar Blue Letter Bible keep, guard, observe, give heed; retain, treasure up (in memory); preserve; attend to
deep = תָּוֶךְ = tāveḵ Blue Letter Bible midst, middle; into, through; center; with, within
heart = לֵבָב = lebab Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); seat of appetites; seat of emotions and passions; mode of thinking and acting; will and purpose; intellect
life = חַי = ḥay Blue Letter Bible living, alive; green (of vegetation); flowing, fresh (of water); lively, active (of man); reviving (of the springtime); appetite; raw; springing; vigorous; prosperity, welfare; living one, fountain of life; community
find =מָצָא = matsa' Blue Letter Bible attain to, secure, acquire, get (thing sought); to find (what is lost); to learn, devise; to be discovered, be detected; to be gained, be secured; attain, i.e. find or acquire; find out by thinking; to wish to find, seek
health = מַרְפֵּא = marpē' Blue Letter Bible health, healing, cure; sound (of mind); profit; curative, medicine; deliverance; placidity; remedy, sound, wholesome; refreshing
humanity = בָּשָׂר = basar Blue Letter Bible flesh; the body itself; the whole body; kindred, blood-relations; self
More than all else = מִשְׁמָר = mišmār Blue Letter Bible confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance; act of guarding; custody; diligence
keep watch = נָצַר = nāṣar Blue Letter Bible watch over; observe, guard with fidelity; kept close, be blockaded;protect, maintain, obey; preserve
heart= לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
wellsprings = תּוֹצָאוֹת = tôṣā'ôṯ Blue Letter Bible outgoing, going out; extremity, end; source, source (of life); escape (from death); forth (out), issues, outgoing; place from which goes forth
life = חַי = ḥay Blue Letter Bible living, alive; green (of vegetation); flowing, fresh (of water); lively, active (of man); reviving (of the springtime); appetite; raw; springing; vigorous; prosperity, welfare; living one, fountain of life; community
turn your back on = סוּר = sûr Blue Letter Bible turn aside, depart; avoid; be removed; depose; put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish; eschew; turn off; rebel; put away, withdraw; sour; turn aside to oneself; be without
misleads = עִקְּשׁוּת = ʿiqqᵊšûṯ Blue Letter Bible distortion, crookedness; perversity, forwardness
keep your distance = רָחַק = rāḥaq Blue Letter Bible be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away; send far away; make or exhibit distance, be gone far; remove, put far away; loose; widen; recede; cast; wander; refrain; a good way off; remote
deceive = לְזוּת = lᵊzûṯ Blue Letter Bible deviation, perversity, crookedness
sight = עַיִן = ʿayin Blue Letter Bible eye; before my eyes; set one eyes on; spring, fountain
fixed = נָבַט = nāḇaṭ Blue Letter Bible look, regard, show regard to, pay attention to, consider; look intently at; regard with pleasure, favor or care; behold; desire, gloat
ahead = נֹכַח = nōḵaḥ Blue Letter Bible in front of, opposite to, in the sight of, before, to the front, right on; towards the front of, in front of, on behalf of, as far as in front of; direct(-ly)
gaze = עַפְעַפִּים = ʿap̄ʿapîm Blue Letter Bible eyelid; dawn, rays of sun (fig.)
straight = יָשַׁר = yāšar Blue Letter Bible right, straight, level, upright, just, lawful, smooth; straight or even; direct; fit; level; pleasing, agreeable, right; make smooth, straight
before you = נֶגֶד = neḡeḏ Blue Letter Bible what is conspicuous, what is in front of; in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of; in front of oneself, straightforward; before your face, in your view or purpose; in the presence of, in the sight of; vividly present to
path = מַעְגָּל = maʿgāl Blue Letter Bible entrenchment; track; circumvallation; rampart; path, trench, way; wagon-track; rut
level = פָּלַס = pālas Blue Letter Bible weigh; make level; make smooth; balance; to roll flat, i.e. prepare; weigh (mentally); ponder; make
ways = דֶּרֶךְ = dereḵ Blue Letter Bible way, road, distance, journey, manner; path; mode; habit, way; course of life; mode of action
firm = כּוּן = kûn Blue Letter Bible firm, stable, established; fixed, securely determined; prepare, ready; erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) set up; make provision; direct; right, fit, sincere, firm, constant; sure; established, confirmed; enduring; direct one’s face toward; arrange, order
turn= נָטָה = natah Blue Letter Bible to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow; turn aside, incline, decline, bend down; hold out; incline, influence; outstretched; wrest, cause to yield; spread oneself; seduce
right = יָמִין = yāmîn Blue Letter Bible the stronger and more dexterous; prosperous; the right or south side
left = שְׂמֹאל = śᵊmō'l Blue Letter Bible the left, the left hand, the left side; north
turn = סוּר = sûr Blue Letter Bible turn aside, depart; avoid; be removed; depose; put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish; eschew; turn off; rebel; put away, withdraw; sour; turn aside to oneself; be without
evil = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible bad, evil, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, displeasing; sad, unhappy; hurtful; unkind, vicious in disposition, wicked (ethically)
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